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SUMMARY:Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness
LOCATION:Cantor Arts Center Pigott Family Gallery\, 328 Lomita Drive\, Sta
 nford\, CA 94305
DESCRIPTION:Before 3D printing\, there was photosculpture. Curated by Patr
 ick R. Crowley\, Associate Curator of European Art\, Solid Pictures is th
 e first major exhibition to explore these largely overlooked objects firs
 t conceived in 1859 by the twenty-nine-year-old French artist and invento
 r François Willème. Employing projection technologies and mechanical inst
 ruments\, Willème and his team of operators translated photographic negat
 ives into solid figures across a variety of media\, aiming to create affo
 rdable portrait sculpture for the burgeoning middle class of Second Empir
 e France. Though commercially unsuccessful\, these experiments laid the g
 roundwork for the scanning\, machining\, and printing technologies ubiqui
 tous today. Bringing together these rare artifacts\, the exhibition opens
  up a little-known chapter of history to reveal the roots and richness of
  our contemporary world. An accompanying catalogue features four newly co
 mmissioned essays accompanied by previously unpublished documentation\, d
 eepening our understanding of this overlooked chapter in the history of a
 rt and technology.\n\nImage: François Willème (French\, 1830–1905). Unfin
 ished photosculpture bust\, ca. 1860. Oak and twine on base. Gift of East
 man Kodak Company\, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer\, 1985.0517.0001. Courte
 sy of the George Eastman Museum\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge support for 
 Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness provided
  by Hal and Carol Louchheim. Sustained support generously provided by\n\n
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